Researchers analyzed hundreds of pieces of prehistoric jewelry and found that the ancient past was more complex than we imagined.
  • agent_flounder@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    11 months ago

    … researchers were able to identify previously-unknown cultures living across Europe between 34,000 and 24,000 years ago, showing the power of these artifacts in writing our complex human histories.

    Oh wow. That’s way older than I was expecting. Absolutely fascinating article.

  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    46·
    11 months ago

    I’m a firm believer that we are a race with amnesia. The Younger Dryas extinction event reset the human race, leaving our numbers decimated and with only small pockets of survivors left to rebuild.

      • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Based on stories like this coming out over My lifetime. The earliest known civilizations keep getting pushed back by thousands of years each time a new discovery is made. Each time a new story comes out, Scientists are “amazed at the level of technology that primitive humans had”. I’m not saying that ancient humans were technologically advanced, and living in Atlantis or anything of the sort, but I do believe society started way earlier than modern science gives us credit for. Again, this is all conjecture and speculation and to be honest I didn’t realize what instance I was posting this in or I probably would have kept my opinion to myself.